· Christie, Agatha, Title: The Mysterious Affair at Styles Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Private investigators -- England -- Fiction Subject: Detective and mystery stories Subject: Belgians -- England -- Fiction Subject: Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. Author: Christie, Agatha, bltadwin.ru 1 The Mysterious Affair at Styles By Agatha Christie bltadwin.ru · The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1), Agatha Christie Original publication year Characters: Hercule Poirot, Inspector Japp, Arthur Hastings, John Cavendish, Emily Inglethorp, Alfred Inglethorp, Cynthia Murdoch, Mary Cavendish, Evie Howard, Lawrence Cavendish. Abstract: The famous case that launched the career of Hercule Poirot. When a wealthy heiress is 4/5.
Only one man can find an answer to this mystery, and that man is eccentric Belgian criminal investigator, Hercule Poirot. Agatha Christie, softcover, pages. The Mysterious Affair at Styles () by Agatha Christie. One of the best-loved classic mysteries of all time, The Mysterious Affair at Styles will continue to enchant old readers and introduce Agatha Christie's unique storytelling genius to a host of new readers. Product Details. ISBN: ISBN I've just finished reading Styles and I don't understand Poirot's answer to Hastings, in the final chapter, when Hastings asks when Poirot first began to suspect Evelyn Howard. Poirot says that it was when he discovered she told a lie at the inquest about the letter. I don't understand the significance of the letter at all.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle of the First World War, in , and first published by John Lane in the United States in October [1] and in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head (John Lane's UK company) on 21 January [2]. With The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie launched herself, and her beloved Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, into popular culture history. When the wounded Captain Arthur Hastings runs into an old friend, John Cavendish, and is invited to the family estate at Styles to convalesce, he has a “premonition of approaching evil.”1 Outside, the Great War is still raging, and England is in upheaval. The Mysterious Affair At Styles is set during the First World War and is Agatha Christie’s debut novel. In it, we meet Hastings who, on a visit to the country estate of his old chum and his extended family, finds himself slap-bang in the middle of a case of intrigue and suspense.
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